In a message dated 12/1/1999 8:22:01 PM EST, neptune@mars.superlink.net writes:
<< Maybe. I wouldn't see much point in making a human mind in an octopus
body,
though, I assume, such a mind would still be different -- in much the same
way people who drow up with some major difference (being very tall or short,
blind or deaf, e.g.) would add a distinctive new shade of _human_ being.
However, given the paranthetic remarks, there might be moral concerns about
this. After all, some might think a human mind in a nonhuman body might be
akin to crippling fetuses for the sake of making crippled children.
Cheers!
Daniel Ust
http://mars.superlink.net/neptune/ >>
A human mind in an octopus body is a bit more extreme than what I had in mind. I was thinking more of a merging of human (or should that be posthuman?) and octopod brain architectures. The body I imagine could stay more or less the same (just adjusted to support the increased brain size).
Glen Finney